- India
Shifting to old pension scheme may lead to liability add-up in future: Raghuram Rajan
New Delhi: As several state governments have shown their intention of shifting to the old pension scheme, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said that states doing so, would end up curbing current…
- India
17 families in Gujarat’s Bhutavad village face social boycott
Modasa: Seventeen families of the barber community in Gujarat’s Bhutavad village have been facing a social boycott after a youth from the community married an upper-caste woman. One of the affected, Prabhudas…
- Pakistan
4 Pakistan security personnel killed in attack from ‘Iranian soil’
Islamabad: In the latest strike on Pakistan armed forces, as many as four security personnel were killed when terrorists attacked from “Iranian soil”, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. The incident took…
- Kerala
Embattled Tharoor set to meet Sonia soon
Thiruvananthapuram: Undettered by backlash from the top brass of the faction-ridden Congress in Kerala, three-time Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor will soon be calling on former party president Sonia Gandhi and her…
- Hyderabad
Telangana begins 2nd phase of free eye screening programme
Hyderabad: The second phase of Kanti Velugu, claimed to be the world’s largest eye screening programme, began across Telangana on Thursday. Ministers, MPs, MLAs and other elected representatives inaugurated mass eye screening…
- Telangana
Telangana: Hunter killed as gun goes off accidentally in Nizamabad
Hyderabad: A man who had gone into forests for hunting died when a country-made firearm he was carrying went off accidentally in Nizamabad district. The incident occurred in the Srikonda forest area…
- India
Sophos to lay off 450 employees globally, including in India
New Delhi: Cyber-security company Sophos is laying off about 450 people globally including in India which is 10 percent of its workforce to achieve “the optimal balance of growth and profitability”. TechCrunch…
- Business
Amazon faces over $60K penalty for unsafe warehouse work conditions
Washington: US regulators have found that three Amazon warehouse facilities exposed workers to “ergonomic hazards”, including putting them at high risk for lower back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders. Amazon faces a…
- Business
Amazon begins new round of layoffs, 18K jobs to go
San Francisco: Amazon has started notifying its employees affected by its new round of layoffs, as a part of its plan to reduce its headcount by around 18,000 people, the media reported.…
- Business
Elon Musk stands to lose billions over 2018 Tesla tweets in US trial
San Francisco: The controversial 2018 tweets by Elon Musk on taking Tesla private have come back to haunt him and he stands to lose billions in a class-action lawsuit by Tesla investors…
- Bollywood
Kareena Kapoor drops a major hint about her new project
Mumbai: Bollywood diva Kareena Kapoor Khan has shared an action-filled post hinting at her new project. Kareena, who will next be seen next in Hansal Mehta’s untitled film, and Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘The…
- Middle East
Israel’s top court cancels appointment of ex-con as minister
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that a key member in the country’s new extreme-right government cannot serve as minister because of his criminal conviction. On Wednesday, the court said that Aryeh Deri,…
- World
Zelensky calls on the world to act faster against new Russian attacks
Kiev: In his virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the world to act faster and more decisively in an effort to prevent…
- Middle East
Israel’s debt-to-GDP ratio sees sharpest decline in 35 yrs
Jerusalem: Israel’s public debt-to-GDP ratio dropped to 60.9 percent in 2022 from 68 percent in 2021, the Israeli Finance Ministry said. The year-on-year decrease of 7.1 percentage points is the sharpest since…
- World
Canada to donate 200 additional armoured vehicles to Ukraine
Ottawa: Canada will donate 200 Senator Armoured Personnel Carriers to Ukraine as a new package of military assistance, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced. According to a statement issued by the Defence Ministry…
